COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 6-8-19
A CATSKILL MAN IS ACCUSED OF DISPLAYING
A HANDGUN, DURING A DISPUTE WITH A
HIGHWAY ROAD CREW ON OLD KINGS HIGHWAY
IN SAUGERTIES. POLICE CHARGED 27 YEAR
OLD WYATT EARP COOPER WITH SECOND DEGREE
MENACING WITH A HANDGUN.
HUDSON'S LARGEST EVENT TAKES PLACE TODAY.
THE 23RD ANNUAL FLAG DAY PARADE AND
FESTIVAL GETS UNDERWAY AT 10 THIS MORNING
IN THE 7TH STREET PARK. THE PARADE STEPS
OFF AT 2, AND THE DAY WILL END WITH
FIREWORKS AT THE HUDSON RIVER.
DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE FACING FELONY DRUG
CHARGES, AFTER TRAFFIC STOPS THE LAST
TWO NIGHTS IN CANAAN AND NEW LEBANON.
THOSE CHARGED WERE ON THEIR WAY TO THE
ANNUAL DISC JAM MUSIC FESTIVAL IN
STEPHENTOWN. MORE ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED,
AS THE FESTIVAL RUNS THROUGH MONDAY.
A 45 YEAR OLD MAN WAS INJURED FRIDAY
AFTERNOON, WHEN HIS BICYCLE CRASHED
INTO A PARKED CAR IN HUDSON. THE
ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 5:45 ON THE
500 BLOCK OF UNION STREET. GREENPORT
RESCUE TREATED THE MAN FOR INJURIES
TO HIS HEAD.
A QUEENS MAN IS BEING HELD IN THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL, CHARGED WITH
BEING A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE IN
PENNSYLVANIA. 31 YEAR OLD EDGARD
DUCHE IS WANTED ON CONSPIRACY AND
FORGERY CHARGES.
THERE WAS ONE WINNING TICKET SOLD
FOR THE 530 MILLION DOLLAR MEGA
MILLIONS JACKPOT LAST NIGHT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT TICKET WAS
SOLD IN CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK HAD
NO SECOND PRIZE WINNERS EITHER.
STATE POLICE HAVE BEGUN THEIR ANNUAL
SPEED WEEK ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN.
THEY SAY, POLICE WILL ALSO BE
ENFORCING THE STATE'S MOVE OVER
LAW. LAST YEAR, POLICE WROTE MORE
THAN 24 THOUSAND TICKETS DURING
SPEED WEEK.
ATHENS COMMUNITY DAY TAKES PLACE
IN RIVERSIDE PARK TODAY. THE FAMILY
ACITVITIES RUN FROM 10 TO 3.
LATER TONIGHT, YOU CAN RETURN TO
WATCH THE FIREWORKS FROM HUDSON.